The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 12, 2017
Waning Gibbous
75.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:29 PM
11:35 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.6%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 378,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1170
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 239.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.7° / 278.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 18m / 3.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.37° / -4.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.91° / 5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.03° / -0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.